Why does the message "New extent size is not a perfect fit" gets logged when changing the extent size on the volume group ?

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Issue

  • Why does the message "New extent size is not a perfect fit" gets logged when changing the extent size on the volume group ?

    # vgchange -s 16m /dev/vgorabnkg1a
       New extent size is not a perfect fit
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • LVM

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